Music-rack for organs and upright pianos



(No Model.)

W. ANDERSON.

MUSIC RACK FOR'ORGANS 0R UPRIGHT PIANOS.

Patented Nov. 17, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILIIIAM ANDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MUSlC-RACK-FOR ORGANS AND UPRIGHT PIANOS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,183, dated November 17', 1891.

Application filed Tune 6, 1890. Serial No. S54/l'78- (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Music-Rack for Organs and Upright Pianos and for otherArticles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvemen ts in music-racks, whereby the music-rack is adapted to form a portion of the frame or case of an organ, upright piano, or other article having a paneled appearance in the frame or case thereof, and is especially adapted to be secured in position beneath the key-board and to each side of the center of an organ or upright piano.

The object of my invention is to obtain a device which shall, when open, constitute a m usic-rack easily accessible to a person seated at the organ or upright piano to which the invention is applied, and when closed shall constitute, to all appearance, a common and ordinary panel forming a part of the frame or case of such organ or upright piano.

My invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts whereby a panel or a por-- tion thereof forming a part of the frame or case of an organ or upright piano may have a certain limited pivotal movement upon a hinge adapted for and forming a part of the device in the frame or case, and the back thereof may constitute, when the device is in what is hereinafter termed the open position, a music-rack, which is then exposed to view and to convenient access.

Ihave illustrated my invention by the drawings accompanying this application and forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lower part of an organ having my invention placed therein and showing to the right-hand side of the center of the case the device closed, exposing a panel to view, and on the left-hand side of the centerof the case the device open, exposing the music-rack to view; Fig. 2, a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. l, viewed in the direction of the arrow; Fig. 3, alike sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, also viewed in the direction of the arrow thereon; and Fig. at, a

perspective view of the pivotal hinge forming a portion of the device.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

A is the organ-case, and a the key-board thereof.

B is the front of the music-rack, forming, when closed into the frame 13, together with such frame, a panel in the organ-case.

Z) Z) are the sides of the music-rack l3, rigidly secured to the back face of front l3, and b b are boards secured to the sides I) Z) of the music-rack and constitute, respectively, a partition in the music-rack and the hack thereof.

b is the bottom of the music-rack, and is rigidly seen red to the hack of the front B and to the sides Z) Z). It will be observed that partitions and back Z) Z) do not extend to the bot tom b of the music-rack. The purpose in view in not extending the partition and back to the bottom Z) is to enable one to take from the music-rack any loose sheet, as music, which may have become crumpled and jammed into the lower part of the music-rack.

D is the pivotal hinge, formed of parts dd, pivoted together at (Z Part d of hinge D may be rigidly secured to the back face of the front I3 of the m usi c-rack, and part (1' to the back face of the frame B surrounding the music-rack.

In order to determine the pivotal movement of the music-rack B in frame B, part (1 of hinge D is provided with an overhanging rim (1. Part (Z of the hinge D is provided with a lug having faces (Z and d". \Vhen the hinge is closed, as is illustrated in Fig. 4:, face dof the lug on part (Z of the hinge comes in contact with the edge d of the overhanging rim (Z 011 part (1 of the hinge, and when the the hinge is open the face (1 of the lug on part (Z of the hinge comes in contactwith the end (Fof the overhanging rim (F, as is illustrated in Fig. of the drawings.

By the hinge D, constructed as described, the upward or closing movement of the device is determined, as well as the outward or opening movement, and as the weight of the musicrack upon the back of the front 13 thereof, together with the contents of the music-rack, will tend, when the device is closed, to hold it in a closed position no fastening is essential; but a fastening may be placed upon the front l3, engaging with a suitable interlocking part on the frame or case B, if desired.

E is the handle or knob,by which the musicrack is opened and closed.

Then the device is open, the outward pivotal motion thereof is limited and determined by the stops forming a part of the pivotal hinge D, and no other stop is required, and when closed the hinge also determines the movement of the device and the position of the front B thereof, which forms at such time a panel in the frame or case A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A device adapted to form a panel in the frame or case of an organ or upright piano when closed and a m usic-rack when open, consisting of a front pivotally secured to the case or frame, such front extending beyond the sides of the music-rack, sides of the musicrack secured to the back and upper face of the pivotal front, a bottom of the music-rack also secured to the back of the pivotal front, and a backing of the music-rack extending from side to side thereof, and a pivotal hinge formed of two parts, one of such parts secured to the back face of the front of the music-rack on the extension thereof beyond the sides of the music-rack, and the other to the back face of the case or frame surrounding the opening through which the music-rack pivotally turns, substantially as described.

2. A device adapted to form a panel in the frame or case of an organ or upright piano when closed and a music-rack when open, consisting of a front pivotally secured to the case or frame, sides of the music-rack secured to the back and upper face of the pivotal front, a bottom of the music-rack also secured to the back of the pivotal front, and a backing of the music-rack extending from side to side thereof, but not to the bottom, and a partition also extending from side to side of the music-rack, but not to the bot-tom thereof, and a pivotal hinge securing the music-rack and panel in the case or frame thereof and determining its upward and downward movcment therein, substantially as described.

\VILLIAH ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES T. Bnowu, FLORA L. BROWN. 

